Sir Neville Lyttelton

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Sir Neville Lyttelton was a senior British Army officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who rose to the highest professional ranks, including leadership of the army at home and service in major imperial campaigns.

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Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton 1
Sir Neville Lyttelton canonical 1

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instanceOf British Army officer
general
human
allegiance United Kingdom
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Order of the Medjidie
birthDate 1845-10-28
burialPlace Hagley Park, Worcestershire, England
surface form: Hagley, Worcestershire
commanded 4th Infantry Division
Army Corps in South Africa
conflict Anglo-Egyptian War
surface form: Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882

Mahdist War
Second Boer War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1931-07-06
educatedAt Eton College
familyName Lyttelton
father George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
fullName Sir Neville Lyttelton self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton
genre military memoir
givenName Nevil
surface form: Neville
honorificPrefix Sir
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Grenadier Guards
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank General
mother Mary Glynne
notableFor senior command in imperial campaigns
service in late Victorian and Edwardian British Army reforms
notableWork Memoirs of General Sir Neville Lyttelton
placeOfBirth Hagley Park, Worcestershire, England
surface form: Hagley, Worcestershire
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Adjutant-General to the Forces
Chief of the General Staff
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in South Africa
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, South Africa
promotedToGeneral 1907
promotedToLieutenantGeneral 1902
promotedToMajorGeneral 1898
religion Anglicanism
serviceEndYear 1912
serviceStartYear 1865
sibling Alfred Lyttelton
Charles Lyttelton, 5th Baron Lyttelton
spouse Katherine Sarah Stuart-Wortley

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Sir Neville Lyttelton fullName Sir Neville Lyttelton self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton